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Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.

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Cuentos from Long Ago

University of New Mexico Press

A bilingual sampler of southwestern tales, legends, and myths offering the modern reader wisdom passed down for hundreds of years.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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CrashBoomLove

A Novel in Verse

University of New Mexico Press

A California farmworker kid's season in hell, told through fast-verse lines that careen to the beat of a fiery heart.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Chasing Shadows

Apaches and Yaquis Along the United States-Mexico Border, 1876-1911

University of New Mexico Press

Hatfield examines for the first time the military campaigns on both sides of the border against the Apaches and other native peoples during the late nineteenth century.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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American Indian Grandmothers

Traditions and Transitions

University of New Mexico Press

These essays explore the complex world of grandmothers in Native America, where, although often impoverished and marginalized, they provide a vital connection to native identity, history, and wisdom.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute

An American Tragedy

University of New Mexico Press

This personal and historical account traces the twentieth-century legal battle, Healing v. Jones, and it's effects on both tribes.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Telling Western Stories

From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry

University of New Mexico Press

Narrates the evolution of the western story from the Civil War to the present, focusing on books, movies, and people.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt

Mexican Foreign Relations in the Age of Lázaro Cárdenas, 1934-1940

University of New Mexico Press

Mexico's relationship with the world during the 1930s is revealed as a fascinating series of calculated responses to domestic political changes and international economic shifts.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Education and the American Indian

The Road to Self-Determination Since 1928

University of New Mexico Press

This revised edition provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native education from 1928 to 1998.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Capirotada

A Nogales Memoir

University of New Mexico Press

Vignettes of family, neighbors, friends, and secrets from his youth in the two Nogaleses--in Arizona and through the open gate into Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Frida Kahlo

An Open Life

By Raquel Tibol; Translated by Elinor Randall
University of New Mexico Press

Uses medical records, journals, letters, interviews, and personal recollections to bring us closer than ever to the Mexican artist and her milieu.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Intimate Frontiers

Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California

University of New Mexico Press

Explores the role of sex and gender on California's multi-cultural frontier under the influences of Spain, Mexico, and the United States.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America

University of New Mexico Press

Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Cities of Gold

A Journey Across the American Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

A modern horseback journey across 1,000 miles of desert and wilderness following the trail of the first European explorer in the American Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Bloody Valverde

A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862

University of New Mexico Press

The first complete account of the largest battle in New Mexico, and a turning point in the Civil War in the West.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Mayan Folktales

Folklore from Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Edited by James D. Sexton
University of New Mexico Press

Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Human/Nature

Biology, Culture, and Environmental History

University of New Mexico Press

Provocative essays explore how ideas about human nature inform or shape human understanding of nature and the environment.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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A Patriot After All

The Story of a Chicano Vietnam Vet

University of New Mexico Press

An honest portrayal of a life marked forever by the Vietnam war told from the perspective of a Chicano soldier.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933

University of New Mexico Press

Examines the lives and experiences of Show Indians from their own point of view.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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European Immigrants in the American West

Community Histories

University of New Mexico Press

An anthology of historical articles on European immigration to the American West in the 19th century.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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American Indians in World War I

At War and at Home

University of New Mexico Press

Provides the first broad survey of Native American contributions during the war, examining how military service led to hightened expectations for changes in federal Indian policy and their standard of living.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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New Views of Borderlands History

University of New Mexico Press

An ethnohistorical history of the Spanish Borderlands written by specialists in the history of each region.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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A Sense of the American West

An Environmental History Anthology

University of New Mexico Press

An anthology of diverse approaches and issues in the environmental history of the American West.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Book of Memories

By Ana María Shua; Translated by Dick Gerdes; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

The humorous and moving story of three generations of a Jewish family in Argentina.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Acequia Culture

Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

Lays out the contemporary legal and administrative status of these ancient irrigation institutions, suggesting public policy measures to keep the system alive.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Navajo Verb

A Grammar for Students and Scholars

University of New Mexico Press

For the first time, students and scholars interested in the Navajo language have a book that presents the verb system in a step-by-step and thorough fashion. By providing easy-to-follow descriptions with abundant examples, this book unravels the complexity of Navajo and reveals its expressiveness.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Faces of Honor

Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America

University of New Mexico Press

Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on people's lives is to understand the organizing principles of a society.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Posada's Broadsheets

Mexican Popular Imagery, 1890-1910

University of New Mexico Press

An intriguing study of the popular culture of early twentieth century Mexico as seen through the penny broadsheets--bullfighters, bandits, politics, and the revolution.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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La Fiesta de los Tastoanes

Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance

University of New Mexico Press

An intimate study of a religious festival in contemporary Mexico that skillfully weaves together ethnography, history, and folklore.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Fly-Fishing in Southern New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

An overview of the streams of Southern New Mexico that support trout, the natural history of the streams, and the habitats of the trout that live there.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Cuentos de Cuanto Hay

Tales from Spanish New Mexico

Translated by Joe Hayes; Introduction by J. Manuel Espinosa
University of New Mexico Press

A collection of traditional New Mexican Hispanic folktales gathered from the oral tradition in 1931 and translated by famed storyteller Joe Hayes.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Bone Voyage

A Journey in Forensic Anthropology

University of New Mexico Press

A lively account of the role of the forensic anthropologist in the Office of the Medical Investigator--recovering bodies, establishing identities, and solving the puzzles of death.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Iguana Killer

Twelve Stories of the Heart

University of New Mexico Press

Set along the Southwestern border, these stories explore growing up Hispanic and weaving together three distinct worlds--Mexico, the United States, and childhood.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Blood on the Boulders

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, 1694-1697

University of New Mexico Press

Through The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, translated from official and private correspondence, we are drawn back, through conflict and compromise, into New Mexico's formative era in this boxed set.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Native American Identities

From Stereotype to Archetype in Art and Literature

University of New Mexico Press

An engaging study of stereotypes and archetypes of Native Americans in fiction and art.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Que vivan los tamales!

Food and the Making of Mexican Identity

University of New Mexico Press

This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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A Garlic Testament

Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm

University of New Mexico Press

Meditations on growing garlic and on the farming way of life.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Gift of Life

Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru

University of New Mexico Press

This remarkable work of anthropology breaks new ground in the study of Latin American female shamanism.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Fire from the Andes

Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru

University of New Mexico Press

South American women authors look at the female experience.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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Utopian Vistas

The Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture

University of New Mexico Press

The story of the house that Mabel built, and the artists, dreamers, hippies, and freaks that followed.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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A Zuni Life

A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds

University of New Mexico Press

An account of Virgil Wyaco's life in both the traditional Zuni and modern Anglo worlds. His varied career demonstrates the heartbreaks and rewards of a Native American life bridging two cultures in the twentieth century.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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